BRIT links global issues to local experience through programs devoted to educating the public about the importance of biodiversity and sustaining the environment. BRIT Education recognizes the importance of fostering in children and adults a sense of wonder about the natural world.  In this age of technology, the power of an inquiry approach to learning cultivates transformative experiences – it fosters a change in perspective, altering learners core assumptions about the nature of things. 

Place-based education provides children and adults an understanding of local ecology and sense of connection to the land and the communities upon which an ethic of care and responsibility can develop.

We are committed to offering opportunities for adult learners to engage with lay and expert researchers at BRIT to tap the vast stores of knowledge preserved here.

Children are losing their connection to the traditional play environment, which was always outdoors and in nature. The play environment has been compromised by entertainment technology, pollution, and urban congestion. Place-based education offers a means for changing this.

• BRIT offers standards-based, hands-on science programs for public, private and home-school groups in grades K-12.
• BRIT provides interactive live video science discovery programs to rural schools across the country.
• Over 66,000 students have been enlightened through BRIT’s K-12 science discovery programs and field studies in botany, ecology and environmental science.
• BRIT’s Summer Environmental Science Youth Mentor Program provides opportunities for urban 8th-12th grade students to receive mentoring from local science professionals learning about career opportunities within the field of environmental science.